July 08. 2014 1:55PMMANCHESTER — As part of an ongoing effort to deter drinking and driving, and to prevent accidents, the Manchester Police Department applied for and was granted a superior court petition to conduct a sobriety checkpoint Friday and Saturday.

The program provides federal highway funds to support the checkpoints, whose goal is the reduction of alcohol-fueled motor vehicle accidents, resulting in injuries and deaths.

Deputy Gross mysteriously disappeared when he went to Barre to collect $250 from a man found liable in a civil matter. The next day the deputies car was found in a wooded area east of Barre. The man...